The Suttanipata - Table of Contents

This landmark volume in the Teachings of the Buddha series translates the Suttanipāta, a text that matches the Dhammapada in its concise power of expression and its centrality to the Buddhist tradition. Celebrated translator Bhikkhu Bodhi illuminates this text and its classical commentaries with elegant renderings and authoritative annotations.

IV. The Chapter of Octads
1. Sensual Pleasures
2. The Octad on the Cave
3. The Octad on the Hostile
4. The Octad on the Pure
5. The Octad on the Supreme
6. Old Age
7. Tissa Metteyya
8. Pasūra
9. Māgandiya
10. Before the Breakup
11. Quarrels and Disputes
12. The Smaller Discourse on Deployment
13. The Greater Discourse on Deployment
14. Quickly
15. One Who Has Taken Up the Rod
16. Sāriputta

V. The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond
Introductory Verses
1. The Questions of Ajita
2. The Questions of Tissa Metteyya
3. The Questions of Puṇṇaka
4. The Questions of Mettagū
5. The Questions of Dhotaka
6. The Questions of Upasīva
7. The Questions of Nanda
8. The Questions of Hemaka
9. The Questions of Todeyya
10. The Questions of Kappa
11. The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī
12. The Questions of Bhadrāvudha
13. The Questions of Udaya
14. The Questions of Posāla
15. The Questions of Mogharāja
16. The Questions of Piṅgiya
Epilogue

Elucidator of the Supreme Meaning (Paramatthajotikā II)
The Commentary to the Suttanipāta

IV. The Chapter of Octads
1. Sensual Pleasures
2. The Octad on the Cave
3. The Octad on the Hostile
4. The Octad on the Pure
5. The Octad on the Supreme
6. Old Age
7. Tissa Metteyya
8. Pasūra
9. Māgandiya
10. Before the Breakup
11. Quarrels and Disputes
12. The Smaller Discourse on Deployment
13. The Greater Discourse on Deployment
14. Quickly
15. One Who Has Taken Up the Rod
16. Sāriputta